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While there are a few solid survival games on the Switch they’re a pretty eclectic bunch, ranging from more action-oriented to more strategic and each with their own degree of challenge and some other unique qualities...
While fighting games have been around for quite some time, and in many iterations, as a whole I'd say my experience with them (prior to Switch) in handheld mode was always dodgy to say the least...
I deeply appreciate indie titles that dare to try things that are different and StarCrossed absolutely tackles that challenge head-on...
While the Overcooked series is famously (or is it infamously?) known to many fans of local multiplayer I'll admit that I consider one of its weaknesses to be broad approachability...
Probably one of the things I appreciate most in an indie game is for it to surprise me, and with its unwillingness to be constrained by a clear single genre Indivisible absolutely does that...
While the genre had pretty much died before the indie revolution brought it back from the brink the Switch has been blessed with a pretty wide variety of middling to excellent point-and-click adventures...
Let’s face it, while there have been quite a few titles out there that have decided to try to take on the likes of X-Com and its well-regarded tactical strategy combat, none have really come close...
Somewhat blending the feel of an old arcade-style gun game with some elements that are a bit more like an FPS Dixie Dash is an odd bird...
Sometimes it's the games that, on paper, seem the simplest that turn out to be pretty damned challenging as you dig into them...
I'm going to put one of my heavy biases out there right in front to better explain how I feel about Sunless Sea and games like it...
Put simply, there are a load of puzzlers of all shapes, sizes, and even budgets on the Switch...
Indie games, with their smaller budgets and lower price tags, have the luxury of being able to do things that are unexpected, combining styles of play and elements that don’t necessarily make sense on paper...
When looking at an eShop full of puzzlers and story-based experiences it can be difficult to separate the merely average from the exceptional...
Ah, games with a cat theme... as an entire segment of the Switch audience perks up at the mere suggestion...
Visual novels and games of this sort, I'll admit, aren't my bag in general, so while I try to be fair when checking them out I can't ignore things I see as weaknesses...
One of my absolute favorite arcade titles back in the day, and one that continues to be a sort of bar to measure arcade-style twin-stick shooters against was Smash TV...
Getting right down to business the Switch has a ton of puzzle games, and while many of them fall into well-established categories there are also occasional black sheep that do something differently...
Having been a huge fan of the Picross series as well as a number of its competitors I've come to be pretty excited by titles in the space offering up a new take of some kind...
As the game's name implies this is an experience with a sort of philosophical bent...
As a big fan of shooters of all flavors the Switch has indeed been very good to me...